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Re:Chinese hi-tech researchers ‘told not to travel to US unl... by DennisP on Friday December 14, 2018 @05:19PM (#18685398)
If you're referring to Slater, it was not a crime in the U.S., and explicitly legal for quite some time afterwards. See the links I posted in another comment here.
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Re:Chinese hi-tech researchers ‘told not to travel to US unl... by room500 on Friday December 14, 2018 @05:37PM (#18685534)
There are many things previous generations did in the name of economic progress that we would find wrong today (slavery, child labor, etc). Times change and I should not be required to defend the morality of my ancestors. That is not hypocritical.
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